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V 0. H. PARMEN TER, v GOMBINED -DO0E PLATE, LETTER BOX, AND BELL PULL.No. 264,561. Patented Sept. 19, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. PARMENTEB, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE HALF TOG.v. BLAOKMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED DOOR-PLATE, LETTER-BOX, AND BELL-PULL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,561, datedSeptember 19, 1882.

7 Application filed January 31, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. PARMEN- TER,of Oakland, Alameda county, State of California, have invented aCombined 'Door- Plate, Letter-Box, and Bell-Pull; and I hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof. 4 Myinvention relates to a combined doorplate, letter-box, and bell-pull;and it consists 10 in a box placed upon the inside of the door,

to which access from outside is had by pulling out a drawer or chutefitting through the door, the front of which is adapted to receive aname, and which, by its movement, rings a '15 bell or gong, by means ofsuitable intermediate mechanism, all of which will hereinafter be morefully described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section. 2: Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of a portion of the device. I Let A represent a section of a door,having an opening, a. To the door, upon the inside, is secured abox, B,access to which from the inside may behad by adoor in the box or by anysuitable means. Upon the inside of the box are inclined guides G 0,between which slide the side arms of the drawer or chute 1), whichextends through the opening a. The 0' bottom of this drawerxloesnot'extend its length, and is not intended to receive the letters, butsimply to act as a guide for them when the drawer is pulled out. Anysuitable spring will keep the drawer closed. 1 have here shown 3 5 aspiral spring, I).

The front 01 of the drawer is made in any suitable ornamental shape fora door-plate, and is provided with a projection, a, underneath for afinger-hold to pull it out. This 40 front I adapt for a door -plate-, asfollows: Its center is cutout, as shown, thus making it a frame, and apiece of glass introduced, behind which a card, having. the namethereon, is

titted and a back plate, E, placed behind the 5 card, as in framing apicture.

The plate E and. the inclinedfbottom K of the drawer I prefer to make inone piece, and in order to hold them in place I make grooves e inthesides of-the drawer D and small studs 0 upon the ends of the bottom,which, by

fitting the grooves 6, hold the bottom and back plate, E, in placeagainst the card in front.

I By slipping the back plate, E, off'another card may be substituted.Thus when one tenant removes from a house he will take out his card, andthe new tenant insert his own.

In order to prevent the drawer D from being pulled out too far, I have astop, m, upon the inside of the door, against which a cross piece, F,upon the drawer may be adapted to strike and prevent the drawer frommoving farther.

Within the top of the box B is a gong, G, which is struck by a hammer,H, pivoted to a support, as shown, and held against the gong 6 by aspring, h. V

in a support, f, extending from the crosspieces F, upon the slidingdrawer, is pivoted a trigger,-J, with its heavier end down, so that itwill always stand erect and ready to engage with the depending end ofthe hammer. H when the drawer is moved out, by which means the gongis'struck.

The operation of the device is as follows:

A postman passing catches sight of the name in the door-plate, and,having a letter to drop, catches hold of the door-plate, and pulls thedrawer I) out. He then drops the letter into the drawer, and it isguided by the bottom into the box B, intowhich it falls. In opening thedrawer to insert the letter the trigger J trips the hammer H and ringsthe gong Gr, thus giving notice to the inmates of the house.

I am aware that the combination of devices I have shown is not new, andI do not claim such broadly; but 7 What I do claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A combined door-plate, letter box, and bellpull, consisting of the boxB, adapted to be sc- 9c cured to the inside of a door, and a slidingdrawer or chute, D, adapted to be pulled out and having a front, d, andback plate, E, adapted to receive and exhibit acard, and the inclinedbottom K, attached to the back plate, and the gong G, adapted to be rungby means ofthehammerHandtrigger J when thedrawer is pulled out,substantially as herein described and shown. p r

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand. it

' CHARLES H. PARMENTER.

Witnesses:

O. D. COLE, J H. BLooD.

